Ten African Government Ministers confirm attendance at the 15th Africa Energy Forum 2013: the international forum for Africa’s power sector

A recent report from the World Bank indicated that the GDP of a third of African countries grew by at least 6% last year, despite the estimate that power outages cost African economies, on average, about 2% pa of their GDP.

African Ministers, heads of utilities and international energy companies will address this and other pressing issues concerning Africa’s power sector at the Africa Energy Forum in Barcelona 18-20 June. Over 800 delegates are expected to attend this international investment Forum for Africa’s power industry.

Bruno Cockburn, AEF’s Programme Development Director, commented; ‘We are delighted that Libya’s Ministry of Electricity & Renewable Energy, the General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL), Peter Kieran, Chief Executive Officer of CPCS Transcom and other experts will be participating at the Libya Spotlight session at AEF 2013 and offer an in-depth analysis of Libya’s power sector.’

The latest government official to confirm his attendance at the Africa Energy Forum 2013 is the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Minister of Hydro Resources & Electricity, Bruno Kapandji Kalala. He will join Ministers from Botswana, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Libya, Mauritania, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa and Tunisia in Barcelona, 18 -20 June.